"Take the man back and interrogate him overnight." The prefect gave the order.

The officer guarding the city gate hesitated for a moment, but finally released the people and handed Song Tingran and his group over to the prefect.

"May I ask, sir, we want to sue the prime minister. Can you help us?"

The prefect was surprised, and the people around him couldn't believe it. They all said that Song Tingran was crazy.

"If a citizen sues an official, do you know what the consequences will be?"

"I know. It's not like we haven't reported it before. The prime minister is in a high position, eating the salary from the court, but she does nothing practical. She extorts money from the people and embezzles a lot of money. Although we are ordinary people, we also have the responsibility to expose her true face."

The prefect looked at Song Tingran meaningfully, and when his eyes caught sight of Chen Xiangyuan, he was stunned for a moment.

"Take him away!" The prefect waved his hand and left first.

Song Tingran thought that he would be interrogated overnight because the prefect himself said so, but when he arrived, he was directly thrown into jail.

Each person has a room, locked up alone.

Fortunately, they were all in the same area and could hear each other talking.

"Just stay still! You dare to sue the Prime Minister? You must be tired of living!"

The jailers in the prison are difficult to talk to and will not listen to any truths. Once you enter here, no one will be able to help you even if you cry out to the sky or the earth.

Song Tingran was extremely tired, so he sat directly in the cell. The hay was his bed, and the whole room was gloomy and cold.

"Sister Chen, do you know this prefect? ​​What kind of person is he?"

Everything was discussed before coming out, and Chen Xiangyuan would only be called by his real name in private.

"It is said that he is a good official. Xiao Kui also has contacts with the daughter of the prefect."

"A good official is a good official. What does it mean to be a good official?" Song Tingran's tone was not very good, but Chen Xiangyuan didn't mind.

"She is fair in her dealings, but according to Xiaokui's research, the prefect is more likely to look at the situation and do things to ensure the maximization of interests. If there is a conflict between fairness and interests, she will also consider it."

Song Tingran watched the only candle in the corridor flickering, but he felt that it was a good thing that the prefect was interested in the interest when it came to suing the prime minister.

"Sister Chen, I just spoke in a bad mood. Don't take it to heart. I'm just a little irritated."

"It's okay. This is how it is in this prison. The layout and lighting here are all very particular. It makes people feel upset when they come in. After a long time, they will be in a trance and will make you confess whatever they want."

"Wouldn't that be difficult to manage?" Song Tingran had suppressed his annoyance several times.

"We are among those who have not been sentenced yet, so we are detained in a place like this. It is also an unwritten punishment. Once we are actually sentenced, we will be moved to another place."

Seeing Chen Xiangyuan looking so relaxed, Song Tingran asked through the cracks in the wood, "So familiar? Have you been here before?"

Chen Xiangyuan smiled bitterly and said, "I haven't been here, but the place where I lived when I was a child was similar to this place."

The two of them looked at each other in silence, calmed down, and lay down on the hay, which helped them to calm down a little.

“Miss Song, we haven’t been back yet, and there was a big commotion on the street today. Xiao Kui will find a way to find us soon, so you don’t have to worry.”

"No, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We must get ahead of the prime minister. The prefect has locked us up here. I'm sure she's also considering the severity of this matter. I must see her. Do you have any ideas?"

Chen Xiangyuan searched his whole body and was very disappointed. "Everything I have was taken away. If I have money, maybe I can bribe the jailer to help me."

After that, he took off the jade hairpin on his head, stuffed it into the crack of the wood, and said, "Try this one, it's also top quality."

Song Tingran stuffed it into his pocket again, "No, I have money."

She banged on the wooden door, which was firmly chained from the outside, and shouted, "Someone, I want to see the prefect! I want to see the prefect!"

She kept shouting, and Chen Xiangyuan's men also helped to make noise. Soon the jailer came impatiently with a whip in his hand.

"Master jailer, don't be angry. It's wrong of me to wake you up in the middle of the night, but this is an emergency."

Song Tingran had a slender wrist. He stretched out his hand and opened it. Inside was a folded silver note. The amount was unknown.

The jailer immediately put down his whip, took it and looked at it, unfolding it, and saw that it was one hundred taels.

"You're quite rich. Tell me." The jailer's attitude improved a lot immediately.

"I want to see the prefect. Just tell him that I have the blessing token and the matter is urgent. Please meet with me and explain the injustice clearly."

The jailer knew about the blessing token, "Do you really have it?"

"How can I joke at a time like this? If you get the job done, I'll give you another hundred taels."

"Please, I see you, meeting me is not your fate."

The jailer left quickly and in a hurry.

"Miss Song, where did you get the banknotes? Didn't we all come in after being searched?" Chen Xiangyuan asked.

"Don't worry about it. I have plenty of money. Even if I have to throw it away today, I will throw it to the prefect."

She waited and waited, and when Song Tingran thought she had been cheated, the man came back and opened her door.

"Ms. Song, this opportunity has come so hard. I have talked so hard for it. I have also used the money you gave me to help you. You must remember my kindness."

"Don't worry, I'm a person who always knows how to repay kindness."

The jailer was relieved and led Lu, but he did not leave the prison. Instead, he met the prefect in the interrogation room.

The prefect was sitting upright on a separate chair, which looked out of place here.

What’s important is that all kinds of torture instruments are placed everywhere.

"Your humble servant Song Tingran pays homage to the prefect." Song Tingran knelt down in front of her with the blessing token in his hand.

The prefect frowned and said, "Stand up and speak. I heard you were shouting that you were wronged and causing chaos. You also said you had a blessing token."

"Yes." Song Tingran stepped forward and presented the blessing token with both hands to the prefect for inspection.

No one dared to fake this thing. The prefect just took it in his hand and looked at it. After thinking that the quantity was correct, he returned it.

"You have a chance to speak out if you have any grievances. You summoned me here at this late hour. If you can't explain yourself clearly, the blessing token can't save you."

Song Tingran looked at the people around her and didn't say anything. The prefect asked everyone to leave, and suddenly there were only the two of them here.

"Sir, my case involves the incident at the Tianzi Embroidery Workshop six years ago, and also the conflict between the Prime Minister and the Duke's Mansion. In order to seek revenge, the Prime Minister ignored the Empress's ruling and openly used his power to retaliate against innocent people six years later."

"I need to investigate this matter. I have read the letter from the Ping'an Town Magistrate. She has no control over this matter and has no right to do so. The authenticity of this matter also needs to be investigated. If it is false, she will also be held responsible."

The prefect's words were very precise and rigorous, and he still took a wait-and-see attitude towards Song Tingran.


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